About Well Parent Therapy and Ana Velouise

You remember a time when anxiety, sadness, and anger weren’t the “norm” … but those days feel like a distant memory. Don’t you wish you had the tools to change that?

You’ve come to the right place.

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Ready to feel less overwhelmed in this stage of your parenting journey?

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Meet Ana Velouise, LMFT, PMH-C (she), reproductive mental health therapist.

I’m Ana (“Aw-na”), and I help people on their parenting journey just like you: ones that are fiercely committed to healing old wounds and feeling more like themselves, but just need the specialized support to get there.

It may feel like everywhere you look, from social media to people you interact with, others have it figured out in a way you don’t. Because the journey to parenthood can be filled with stressors and we live in an individual-oriented society, you may feel like there’s something wrong with you that you’re struggling during this season. But I can tell you that it’s not your fault and you’re not alone in your experience.

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I am a person-centered, strengths-based therapist, and believe you are the expert on yourself. I will walk alongside you as you work through the challenges that are keeping you stuck and use evidence-based therapy modalities to help you reach your goals.

How Therapy for Parents Works:

  • Our first two sessions are dedicated to history taking, your current symptoms, and collaborative goal setting. This will provide a roadmap for your treatment.

  • Join me each week to check in on updates, collaborate on our focus for that session, and close with takeaways and between-session fieldwork.

    I’ll be in the messy, hard parts of your experience with you. Together, we’ll work to process past experiences, uncover patterns and insights, and improve your emotional wellbeing.

  • As our work together progresses, you’ll strengthen your internal “toolbox” of coping skills. You’ll rewrite old narratives and experience healthier relational dynamics within yourself and with others.

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About Ana Velouise, LMFT, PMH-C

My specialized training in reproductive mental health means I have the expertise you need and deserve when healing trauma and learning new coping skills. But at the end of the day, you want to know you’re working with someone who “gets” what it means to be navigating the parenting journey while struggling with overwhelm, anxiety, and depression, right?

I get it because I’ve lived it myself. I would not be the parent I am today without therapy. I’m a queer mother of twins and my lived experience with fertility struggles, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, NICU time, and postpartum depression drew me to this work.

I know that the parenting journey can be so lonely and isolating, and you wonder if you’ll ever feel like you’re not drowning every day.  So when we work together, you won’t just get a trained therapist: you’ll get someone who truly understands what you’re going through and isn’t afraid of the messy, hard parts.

When I take off my therapist hat, you’ll find me reading fiction, doing art projects with my kids, and going on hikes. Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked in political and nonprofit communications advocating for survivors of interpersonal violence, girls empowerment and education, and women who experience homelessness.

Experience & Education

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), #155005 (Verify my license.)

    • M.A., Clinical Psychology

    • M.A., Women’s Studies and Public Policy

    • B.A., Chinese Language and Literature

    • Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) (Postpartum Support International)

    • Maternal Mental Health Certificate for Clinical Providers (Postpartum Support International)

    • EMDR Basic Training (EMDRIA)

    • Interpersonal Therapy Training (IPT Institute)

    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Perinatal Mental Health Clients (Fulfilled Motherhood)

    • Art of Holding Perinatal Distress (Postpartum Stress Center)

    • Pregnancy Loss and Newborn Death for Psychotherapists (Touchstone Institute)

    • Navigating Trans and Nonbinary Perinatal Mental Health (Maternal Mental Health Now)

    • Mental Health Professionals Training Modules (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)

    • American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)

    • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

    • Postpartum Support International (PSI)

    • RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association

    • RTZ HOPE for Perinatal Loss

    • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality

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